Striping Away Humanity
Myriam
ENG 101
Section 16
12/03/2013
Pratt
Striping Away Humanity
The Pianist is a phenomenal movie that successfully put the audience into the life of Wladyslaw Sziplman, a fugitive trying to survive World War II in Poland. The cinematography of the movie overall looked carefully crafted together with just the right amount of contrast, symbolism, and depth. He was not remembered as a hero, but as a man who was lucky enough to survive through such a tragedy. Roman Polanski efficiently shows the progression of Jewish people's humanity being stripped away through great film production and acting although certain scenes seemed unlikely to happen in reality. The movie is quick to show the war situation of Germany taking over Poland. Nazi soldiers began patrolling the streets of Poland and dictating their oppressive form of government. The colors were consistent throughout the movie with dim and gloomy colors being worn by the average Jewish person living in Poland. The characters that played the roles of the Nazi's were white young men with thick German accents and absolutely ruthless. Their uniforms were crisp clean with loaded guns on them to keep the fear amongst the people alive. Throughout the movie, no scene exists with an exceptionally kind Nazi officer who shows remorse or empathy towards killing a Jewish person. Roman Polanski gives the Nazi's a brutal and hostile character to emphasize on the apathetic mentality the Nazi's had towards the Jewish people. In one scene, Wlady's father is stopped by a Nazi for being on the sidewalk. He was interrogated, slapped hard on the face, and told to walk on the road. Polanski seems to test sympathy of the audience, as well as giving a more graphic scene to the humiliation endured by Jewish people just to be spared their life. It also served as a re-enforcement of the hateful relationship between Jewish people and Nazis. Once it was apparent that the Germans had absolute governmental control over Poland,
ENG 101
Section 16
12/03/2013
Pratt
Striping Away Humanity
The Pianist is a phenomenal movie that successfully put the audience into the life of Wladyslaw Sziplman, a fugitive trying to survive World War II in Poland. The cinematography of the movie overall looked carefully crafted together with just the right amount of contrast, symbolism, and depth. He was not remembered as a hero, but as a man who was lucky enough to survive through such a tragedy. Roman Polanski efficiently shows the progression of Jewish people's humanity being stripped away through great film production and acting although certain scenes seemed unlikely to happen in reality. The movie is quick to show the war situation of Germany taking over Poland. Nazi soldiers began patrolling the streets of Poland and dictating their oppressive form of government. The colors were consistent throughout the movie with dim and gloomy colors being worn by the average Jewish person living in Poland. The characters that played the roles of the Nazi's were white young men with thick German accents and absolutely ruthless. Their uniforms were crisp clean with loaded guns on them to keep the fear amongst the people alive. Throughout the movie, no scene exists with an exceptionally kind Nazi officer who shows remorse or empathy towards killing a Jewish person. Roman Polanski gives the Nazi's a brutal and hostile character to emphasize on the apathetic mentality the Nazi's had towards the Jewish people. In one scene, Wlady's father is stopped by a Nazi for being on the sidewalk. He was interrogated, slapped hard on the face, and told to walk on the road. Polanski seems to test sympathy of the audience, as well as giving a more graphic scene to the humiliation endured by Jewish people just to be spared their life. It also served as a re-enforcement of the hateful relationship between Jewish people and Nazis. Once it was apparent that the Germans had absolute governmental control over Poland,